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Partner Portal. Contact Us. Does it really work? Perhaps not. A recent test resulted in British Prime Minister David Cameron scoring a 7 "If ugliness were bricks, you'd be the Great Wall of China" , but super-hunk Brad Pitt fared worse, earning a blush-worthy 8 "You could walk through a haunted house and come out with a paycheck".
Has there been a backlash? Parents are concerned that the app, with its focus on looks, could result in new forms of cyber-bullying and hurt children's self-esteem. Overline insists that the Ugly Meter is meant to be used in the spirit of good fun. It could have crushing blows on kids with low self-esteem. There's just nothing good that could come from an app like this.
Nevertheless, the Ugly Meter app is still available from iTunes. Do you think Apple should ban the app? View screenshots below to see how "ugliness" is rated, and shared your thoughts in the comments below. It costs 99 cents, but if you don't want to pay for an ugliness app there's also the Beauty Meter, which has been ranked highly by iTunes users, as well as Face Meter and Am I Ugly?
The Ugly Meter, whose tagline is "When your friends won't tell you the truth, the Ugly Meter will," works by scanning a user's face and calculating the angles, symmetry, and proportions. It ranks user's alleged ugliness on a scale of 1 to Users who rank high on the scale earn disses from the program such as, "You could win a professional ugly contest. On Twitter, the app is getting light-hearted reviews.
He included a picture of himself looking slack-jawed into the scanner. Emanuel Merciel, who tweets under the name emamerciel, fared better. Brad Pitt got nothing on me," he tweeted.
But as the smartphone tool has gained popularity, parent groups are expressing outrage, worried that it could damage their children's self-esteem or contribute to cyberbullying, according to news reports.
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